Find out how you can help primary students to learn about patterning and positional language by moving through a grid in a beginners’ coding app geared towards our youngest learners, ScratchJr. Coding can help support development of spatial reasoning skills, which is important for children’s future success in school. ScratchJr is a sandbox-style (an exploration-based environment) coding app for iPads, android tablets and chromebooks and is perfect for young children. Unplugged (without computer) coding ideas will also be presented.
Audience: Primary
Resources:
- Connect with Lisa –
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- Patterns and ScratchJr Video
- Patterns and ScratchJr Video 2
- ScratchJr Blocks
- Scratch Simple Pattern Video
- Primary Patterning
- Xylophone Link
- Coding Movement on a Grid, Video Tutorials – 1 and 2
- Transformations Coding Video
- Video – Algorithms BBC – (Bees Segment at 13:27)
- ScratchJr Video Bees
- Bee-Bot Article
- Beegrid (Twitter link)
- Plotting Points in Scratch
- DPA Ideas
- Hello Ruby
- What If Coding Video
- Math Surprise Store